welll...seeing how the easter break brings me a lot of free time...I did a few calculations. I picked 10 res buildings above 100 metres in height from Toronto..and divided by the number of floors...found the average between the 10, then I multiplied by the number of stories in 1BE. My number that I got was around 254 metres (mind you this is to the top floor, soo it excludes any thing above the last floor)

I hope they redesign the tower. It looks too much like a taller version of some ugly apartment building found in one of the suburbs.

I agree with you.
It looks like those apartment buildings done in the 70's, wrapped with balconies except this time the balconies will be in glass and all the junk residents stored on the balconies will be viewed by everyone on Yonge and Bloor. Yuck.

why is everyone complaining, a year ago, everyone would have been extatic to hear about this new tower, but since its accompanied by 200 others, it makes it less impressive? every tower has its downfall, you have to look beyond them and see the qualities, its tall, its in an area that desperately needs it, and it ll add a new area of interest north, who cares about waht could have been, and what was, think about what is. This is, pure and simple, anew 200m+tower for toronto, stop being so picky

Its got a crown and its curvy. To me it doesnt look much like a tower from the burbs, maybe just the section right above the podium, which is also very well done. All thoes balconies will really make this building look huge. I love it

welll...seeing how the easter break brings me a lot of free time...I did a few calculations. I picked 10 res buildings above 100 metres in height from Toronto..and divided by the number of floors...found the average between the 10, then I multiplied by the number of stories in 1BE. My number that I got was around 254 metres (mind you this is to the top floor, soo it excludes any thing above the last floor)

Thanks for the investigation. This is just one more thing that convinces me that the reported height is wrong. We'll know soon, I think.

why is everyone complaining, a year ago, everyone would have been extatic to hear about this new tower, but since its accompanied by 200 others, it makes it less impressive? every tower has its downfall, you have to look beyond them and see the qualities, its tall, its in an area that desperately needs it, and it ll add a new area of interest north, who cares about waht could have been, and what was, think about what is. This is, pure and simple, anew 200m+tower for toronto, stop being so picky

Because people are getting spoiled and shell shocked with the building boom, and deep down quite a few people just enjoy complaining!
I'd love for Leaf345/Northern Lotus to show me which suburban apartment buildings this reminds them so much of.

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I personally think that intersection needs a supertall more than the financial district.

no.... This intersection needs some buildings, I'll grant you that, but even 1 Bloor East is far too tall. look at Yonge street in this part of Toronto, its covered in 2-3 story buildings, and then all of a sudden a 223 Meter tower pops up? its too big! and doesn't fit in with any of the surrounding buildings. Plus if it does go up, that intersection will be eternally dark, covered in shadows, which makes it a very unappealing place to be.

The reason the financial district can handle so many high-rise buildings is because no one spends any time (other than work hours) in that neighborhood! when people are spending leisure time in a neighborhood they enjoy street life, and HUMAN-SCALE projects, which is why walking along Bloor in the annex is always crowded, same with Queen street west, and even Yorkville. because people feel more comfortable around smaller buildings.